Coffee Break Spanish - Llegada a Lugo - Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries Episode 9

Episode Date: October 22, 2020

After their car troubles, Victoria and Abel have to make the decision to spend more time in Lugo than planned, seeing symbolic sites, like the Muralla Romana and La Cárcel Antigua - an ancient prison. They round off their visit by enjoying some pulpo a la gallega (Galician octopus). As Mark and Anabel discuss the language used in this week's diary entry, listen out for the versatile verb quedar, and an explanation about using irse or ir de tapeo.Travel Diaries will be published in one season of ten episodes weekly from 27th August. If you’d like to access lesson notes and a video version which features pauses after each sentence to allow you to practise your pronunciation, check out the full course on the Coffee Break Academy.At Coffee Break Spanish we provide content for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners, along with regular mini lessons on social media. Visit coffeebreakspanish.com for all the information you need to build your confidence in Spanish, whatever your level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Brick Spanish Travel Diaries Season 1, Episode 9. Hello, all, and well-in-viness. I'm Mark. Hello, and I'm Annabelle. What, Mark, how are you? Today, super-gent, you know, so much? No, for what? Well, today is the day international of podcast. Oh, in serious?

In serious. So, we're doing the 30th of September, and this day is the day international of the podcast. And then we're doing a lot of yes, and much

thanks to all those you're listening. Thank you. We are delighted that you are

listening to this episode of Coffee Break Spanish. Of course, we launched Coffee Break Spanish way back in

2006. So we've been doing this for 14 years and we're delighted to continue to do so

with more travel diaries. Of course we're following the story of Abel and Victoria,

as they travel through the north of Spain on their honeymoon, a sunna of Miel. And today, well, we'll see what happens. So, let's start, Anabel? Yes, we'll have a listen to the text first. And then, Annabel, and I will talk about it afterwards. The incident of the coach us had changed all the plans.

We'd want to look, to Corauna, and terminate in Santiago de Compostela. but only we'd two days of a so we're we're

we're and we're night another the lugo to go to santiago to the

day the day so that day we're we're we're using we've

we're we're the morning with the murgalla romana and the cathedral

Terminamos in the Plaza of Camp, where we went to tapio. Then, for the time, we continue looking the edifices emblematic of the city, like the Ayuntonment or the Palacio. Also, we were to the Park of Rosalia de Castro and to the Carcelain-A-Dact-A-A-Rour-A-Rour-A-Rour-A-Rour-A-Rour-A-Rour-A. The truth is that I don't me I'd be a peteen but to Abel it seemed to beerted

a lot of the idea for the last we're eating a delicious pulpo to the Gallegia we're retires because at the morning next we're having to madrugar.

Our voyage year was going that their journey is already arriving at its end. However, we've got this episode and the next episode still to talk about. And obviously, we are looking forward to seeing where that takes us. But let's look out where we were today, Annabel. Are you familiar with this, Eria?

No. Lamento to say that no. You, Mark, has been for Lugo? Tampoc, but I'd like much to hear. And the fact is that, of what I understand, is a part of the country that is that is that is quite

a scotia of the and also of the climate maybe. Yes, the climate is very

very so I recommend I recommend I go to the play a winter exactly

then we let us to study a little the text to and to talk

of the grammatica of the points interesting and also of the

vocabulary in this text For favor, if you can start with the first phrase. The incident of the coach, no, has changed all the plans. Okay, the incident of the car, literally,

no's had changed, to us had changed, a blue perfect tense there. We've got the imperfect of the auxiliary, Aver, changed the past participle. So it had changed to us all the plans.

We're going to look to Coruña and terminar in Santiago de Compostela but only we're just two days of the year. Okay, let's take it up to there. So we were wanting to see

or we wanted to see simply. we'll see Lugo, a city, a town in this part of Spain. A Coruña, we'll come back to, another town, and terminar in Santiago de Compostela, and end up in Santiago de Compostela. I'm saying a corunia a town, but probably more a city, and likewise with Santiago. So the problem was,

only us two days of a day's but we only had two days of

journey left to be remaining to someone and it's a little bit tricky

because we have to kind of turn it around don't we? Yes, but it also is

very util us you can give an example of this sense

for example with food only just there There are only two eggs left.

Then then you're not to doltia of potatoes, no? No. Okay, so, so, so, Kedan dos uevos. Now look at the subject of that. The dosuevos are the subject,

and therefore Kedan is agreeing with that subject. The two eggs are what are remaining. They remain. Only remain two eggs. And in this case, only days of two days only remained to us.

One a question rapid about a corunia. A corunia is a corunia. It can also the corunia.

So, it's, also can be the corunia. But it's because in Galicia

is a call Gallego. Okay. And for so it's can say a coruina and the

Coruña. Well, then there's an idioma that's called El Cajego Galician in English, and this language is one of the regional languages of Spain. And in Galician, we refer to the town

of La Coruña as A Coruña, because the definite article in Galician is A, just as it is in Portuguese as well. So it's a language that kind of goes between Spanish and Portuguese. It's somewhere in the middle

if you like. And we have a course in Galician if you're interested. Our one minute Galician course, you can find that on YouTube. There are 10 lessons of introductory Galician or Gallego, so have a look at that there. Okay, let's continue on. So,

we'll sacrifice a Coruña and we'll each other in Lugo to go to Santiago to the day So, so since they only had two days of their journey left, so we sacrificed a corunia, and we would do a night another time in Lugo. So what they're actually saying is they would pass the night, they would spend the night again in Lugo,

to go to Santiago to the day next in order to go to Santiago the next day. the next day. Then that day we're doing of Lugo. Okay, so

as a result then that day we spent that day enjoying Lugo Disfrutar de

something. We're we're We're the Morrow Röretae Rommanna

and the Cedral So Empezamos la mania. Now we started the morning with the muralla Romana. So this muralla is like a city wall. It's the wall that goes around

the city. We could also refer to it as ramparts in a kind of military scenario. Annabel, am I right in thinking that the Great Wall of China is known as a muralla? Yes, as is. It's the grand muralla

of China. So it's not the grand murdo of China. No. Okay, so they visited the Roman Wall and the cathedral. Terminamos in the Plaza del Campo,

where we went to tapio. Okay, so they ended up we're end up, we're in the Plaza del Campo, in the Plaza del Campo, where we've got a question for you here, Annabelle.

First of all, I'd be to go and enjoy lots of different tapas. and different restaurants and different bars and so on, yeah? Mm-hmm, as he is. But here, could we have just said, Donde Fvimos de Tapeo? The sentence reads,

Donde nos Fiumo de Tapeo. So what would the difference be between Donde Fulmeus de Tapeo or Dondi Nos Firmus de Tapeo? Well, there is not a huge difference. So it's only emphasized it. Emphasize. So we can say,

ir de tapas or irse de tapas. We can also say salir de tapas. Or indeed tapeer, I think. Yes, tapeer. Tapeer as well. So I think one of the things for a learner that's tricky is understanding this

irse. Irse always has this idea of going away from the place that you are leaving the place that you are in order to do something else. So nos fuimos de tapeo suggests that the end up in the Plaza de Campo and then they went off to do some tapaceting and so on.

Mm-hmm. Asi is. Perfecto. Okay, we're going to take a short break there and we will be back very soon to find out what they did in the afternoon. We wanted to let you know that there's a premium version of the Travel Diaries course and this includes a set of lesson notes where you'll be able to read the text from each of the diaries and work through the vocabulary and any explanations that we've provided. There's also a video version of the text where we've left space for you to repeat the words and phrases used, giving you an opportunity to practice your speaking and your pronunciation.

For more information about this, head to coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, so Abel and Victoria are in Lugo. They have been wondering about the city in the morning and they've hurried off for some tapas at lunchtime. Let's find out what happens afterwards. Right. So, for the time, we continue being

the edificios emblematic of the city, like the townment or the palacio. Right. So,

Despoes for the afternoon, we continued, Bendo, there's a nice gerent there, so it's

seeing the edificios emblematicos. Literally, the emblematic buildings. Maybe we

could see the characteristic buildings, the typical buildings. of the city, like the the

townment. The old is the town hall. It's the kind of mean official building of the local

area or the palace. Also we're also we're also went to the park of Rosalia de Castro.

Anabel, who is Rosalia de Castro? Rosalia is a great great poetista, well, was,

because she's a new, but a grand poetista of the

169. Okay. So there's a park in her honor in Lugo. And they

also went to the carcel Antigua. So the old jail, the old prison.

Why would they have been going to visit a prison? A grand question. This carcels is of the period of Franco.

And today, it's a monument to the memory historical. It's like a museum that's going to go to visit. Okay, perfect. Now, Victoria didn't really fancy going to see this prison, did she? No, it No, it's that I mean no

but I'm not but Abel it was divirte to get a idea. Okay, so the truth

is that and that's such a useful phrase, it's the kind of phrase that you can use to buy yourself

some time the truth is that to me not me apetetetia to be a carcel

I didn't really fancy seeing a prison. But to Abel seemed to divert him a lot of

the idea. It seemed to entertain him quite the idea. So he seemed to be quite interested in this idea

of visiting the prison, the monument to, as Annabelle explained, the historic past. For ultimate,

we're a delicious pulpo to the Gallega. So in the end, we're

a delicious pulpo a Gallega. this is a Gallegia dish, a local dish. So we ate Galician octopus, a delicious Galician octopus. We're not sure because at the morning next year we had to madrugar.

Our voyage, yeah was his fin. Okay, no setidamos pronto. Retirarse can mean to retire. Is that the word that you would use when you're retiring from your job inamel or is there a different word there? No, there's another power

for that's Jubilarsse Jubilarses so that's when you take your your jubilation

or something like that so this kind of retiring is when you retire for the night

no we retired early does it sound when we say that in English

it sounds quite posh we retired for the evening that's quite a

posh way of saying you went to bed Anabel in Spanish does it

have that kind of posh meaning no, no it's simply to go to the camera. Okay, so it's not as formal in Spanish. We went to bed early

because at the morning because on the next morning we had to get up early and we've talked about madrugar before to get up early and why our voyage our journey was already Arriving at its end,

it was a final. Well, we're going to listen the text, and this time we're we're going to

understand all. The incident of the coach us had changed the plans.

We'd see Lugo to Coru and to continue in Santiago of Compostela, but

only we had two days of the time, so we we're we're

coruna and we'd noche, another the lugo, to go to Santiago, to the day next.

Then, that day we're doing the lugo. We're the morning with

the murgalla Roman and the cathedral. We're in the place of the

camp, where we went to paye tapio. Then, for the time,

we're we're seeing the edifices emblematic of the city, like the

council or the palace. Also we're we're to the Parque

of Rosalia of Castro and the carcels Antigua. The truth

is that me not I had a but to Abel it

was a bit of a idea for ultimate we're we're we're

we're we're we're we're we're we're we're we're

we're we're a final so far yeah yeah another

city what you think you it So, it's termina yeah, and that me put a bit Triste. Well, we will be back next time

when we will be joining Abel and Victoria for their final stage of the journey in the final episode of this series. Of course, in the meantime, you can check out our premium version, which will give you access to the lesson notes with further explanations and useful vocabulary,

and also our video version, which will allow you to watch the video, read the sentence, after Victoria's reading and practice your pronunciation. And you can find out all about that at coffeebreakacademy.com. And of course, don't forget to check out our Instagram account where you can see photos of some of the places visited by Abel and Victoria on their journey through the north of Spain.

And you'll also be able to follow the journeys of our other travel diaries in France and Italy and through the German and Austrian Alps. Just search for coffee break languages on Instagram. Well, we'll see then, the second for the second week for the last episode of this series. Entretant, well, much thanks to Annabel. And thanks to you and to us. To all our audience.

And until the next. Adios. Radio Linguinguillimited. Recording copyright 2020, RadioLingo Limited. All rights reserved.